Suspender suit construction



y 1943- s. ROSSBY a 2,318,528

SUSPENDER SUIT CONSTRUCTION Filed July 18, 1942 'INVENTOR. BY srreaelfossb' I ATTORNEY Patented May 4 1943 UNETED ST ATENT orrica 4Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a suspendersuit for children, or in other similar garments.

More particularly, the invention relates to a garment having a waistportion and a fundament covering portion which may be a pair of panties,a pair of pants, a skirt, or similar portion, depending upon the typeand character of the garment. The invention particularly proposes theprovision of a pair of forwardly and rearwardly spaced openings on eachof the shoulders of the waist portion through which shoulder straps ofthe garment are laced and which prevent the shoulder straps fromslipping off the shoulders.

Still further the invention contemplates a certain construction for saidpair of forwardly and rearwardly spaced openings.

Furthermore, a modification is proposed in which each shoulder isprovided with auxiliary openings through which the shoulder straps maybe laced for supporting the shoulder straps from slipping off theshoulders, but supporting them in difierent positions on the shoulders,as selected.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a suspender suit for childrenconstructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig, 3 is a rear elevational view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a suspender suit for children constructed inaccordance with another form of this invention.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical sectional view taken on theline E6 of Fig. 5.

The suspender suit for children, and other garments, in accordance withthe form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1-4 inclusive, includes acombination garment comprising a waist portion I0 and a fundamentcovering portion II. The waist portion I0 may be in the form of a shirt,a waist, a jacket or other similar portion of a garment. The fundamentcovering portion II may comprise panties, pants, a skirt, or othersimilar portions.

Shoulder straps I2 are connected with the fundament covering portion IIand engage across the shoulders of the waist portion Iii. Each shoulderof the said waist portion IB is provided with a pair of forwardly andrearwardly spaced openings I3 and I-i through which its shoulder strapI2 is laced.

The shoulder straps I2 are permanently attached at their rear ends bystitches I5 or other holding elements to the back of the fundamentcovering portion II. At the back the shoulder straps I2 are crossed, asclearly illustrated in Fig. 3. They then pass through the pairs ofopenings I3 and I4 and continue downwards along the front of the waistportion It and are releasibly connected by releasible fastening elementsI6 with the top of the front portion of the fundament covering portionII. The openings I3 and I4 may be in the nature of button holesconstructed on a conventional buttonhole making machine. An importantfeature of the invention resides in the fact that the shoulder straps I2are held from slipping off the shoulders of a wearer.

In Figs. 5 and 6 a modified form of the invention has been disclosedwhich is very similar to the prior form, distinguishing merely in thefact that each shoulder portion is provided with a laterally spaced pairof forwardly and rearwardly spaced auxiliary openings I3 and I4 throughwhich the shoulder straps I2 thereof may be laced when desired. A fiapI8 is mounted on the under face of each shoulder and normally extendsacross the latter mentioned auxiliary openings I3 and I4 and is adaptedto be folded across the first mentioned openings I3 and I4. Fasteningmeans such as snap fasteners I9 are mounted upon portions of the innerface of each shoulder and on the flaps I8 for holding the flaps ineither of their positions.

In other respects this form of the invention is identical to theprevious form and like parts are identified by like reference numerals.

Normally, the flaps I8 extend across and cover the auxiliary openings I3and I4. When it is desired to shift the positions of the shoulder strapsI2 they may be unthreaded from the openings I3 and I4 and threaded orlaced through the openings I3 and I4. Then the flaps I8 are foldedacross to extend beneath the openings I3 and I4. The garment is thenused in this condition.

It is to be understood that the size, material and style of the garmentmay be changed as desired, and the shoulder straps I2 may also be heldin position by suitable short loops, on the shoulders of the waistportion of the garment.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a garment having a waist portion and a fundamentcovering portion, shoulder straps connected with said fundament coveringportion and engaging across the shoulders of said waist portion, andeach shoulder of said waist portion having a pair of forwardly andrearwardly spaced openings through which the shoulder strap thereof islaced.

2. In combination with a garment having a waist portion and a fundamentcovering portion,

shoulder straps connected with said fundament covering .portion andengaging across the shoul- =ders of said waist portion, each shoulder ofsaid waist portion having a. pair of forwardly and rearwardly spacedopenings through which the shoulder strap thereof is laced, and alsohaving a laterally spaced pair of forwardly and rearwardly spacedauxiliary openings through which the shoulder strap thereof may belaced.

3. In combination with a garment .having a waist portion and a fundamentcovering portion, shoulder straps connected with said fundament coveringportion and engaging across the shoulders of said waist portion, eachshoulder of said waist portion having a pair of forwardly and rearwardlyspaced openings through which the shoulder strap thereof is laced, andalso having a laterally spaced pair of forwardly and rearwardly spacedauxiliary openings through which the shoulder strap thereof may belaced, and a fiap mounted on the inner face of each shoulder andnormally extending across the latter mentioned auxiliary openings andadapted to be folded across the first mentioned openings.

4. In combination with a garment having a 'waist portion and a fundamentcovering portion,

shoulder straps connected with said fundament covering portion andengaging across the shouldersof said waist portion, each shoulder ofsaid waist portion having a pair of forwardly and rearwardly spacedopenings through which the shoulder strap thereof is laced, and alsohaving a laterally spaced pair of forwardly and rearwardly spacedauxiliary openings through which the shoulder strap thereof may belaced, a flap mounted on the inner face of each shoulder and normallyextending across the latter mentioned auxiliary openings and adapted tobe folded across the first mentioned openings, and faisten in means forholding-said flaps in either oftheir positions.

SAMUEL ROSSBY.

